A cartoon illustrating the trade-off between photosynthesis and respiration, together with a short text summary of the paper by Hida et al, and below are headshots of the three first co-authors (S. Hida, M. Nishio and K. Uesaka) together with their brief text biographies.

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Hida et al. isolated phosphatase mutations that caused #phototrophic– #heterotrophic switching in dark-grown #cyanobacteria; a useful approach for dissecting evolutionary steps towards loss of photosynthetic capacity in #ParasiticPlants

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

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Phototrophic bacteria as potential probiotics for corals - npj Biodiversity npj Biodiversity - Phototrophic bacteria as potential probiotics for corals

#Phototrophic #bacteria as potential #probiotics for #corals ...

| #microbes | #marine | #bleaching | #antioxidant | #photosynthesis | Via @nature.com

The 3.05 Å resolution structure of a minimal reaction center–light-harvesting antenna complex from Chloroflexus aurantiacus reveals a unique assembly pattern in which its seven light-harvesting antenna subunits form a crescent-shaped antenna around the QB site of the reaction center.

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Huang et al. reveal the cryo-EM structure of a minimal reaction center–light-harvesting complex from the #phototrophic bacterium #Chloroflexus aurantiacus.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
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#NIRis: A low-cost, versatile #OpenSource #3Dprinted #imaging system for #NIR #fluorescence detection of #phototrophic cell colonies used in #science & #education:

-#UV-induced near-#infrared fluorescence detection

doi.org/10.1101/2023...
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #STEM #MINT